Ulanova

American  

[oo-lah-nuh-vuh] / uˈlɑ nə və /

noun

1. Galina (Sergeyevna) 1910–98, Soviet ballerina.

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Ulanova British  

/ ʊˈlɑːnəvə /

noun

1. Galina ( Sergeyevna ) (ɡəˈliːnə) 1910–98, Russian ballet dancer, who performed with the Leningrad Kirov ballet (1928–44) and the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet (1944–62)

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Example Sentences

At the Kirov, Lavrovsky’s ballerina was Galina Ulanova; their “Romeo” success was such that Stalin installed them both at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow as resident stars of what had become the national company.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2017

When "Romeo and Juliet" finally made it to the stage, Ulanova quipped, "Never was a story of more woe than this of Prokofiev and his Romeo."

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014

Leonid Lavrovsky choreographed the premiere performance for legendary ballerina Galina Ulanova as Juliet with Konstantin Sergeyev as her Romeo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014

Now watch this Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya in a 1953 film of The Fountain of Bakhchisarai.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2010

With a smile and a hint of boyish pride, the stout man in horn-rimmed glasses ushered Galina Ulanova into the three-room hotel suite.

From Time Magazine Archive